Magazine holder and indicator



E'. HENDERSON. MAGAZINE HOLDER AND INDICATOR. No. 552,288.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

Witnesses:

W Inventor.

Attorney.

Ill BREW 55M". PHUID'U'MQWASRHMIJL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDXVIN HENDERSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MAGAZINE HOLDER AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,288, dated December 31, 1895.

Application filed August 1 6 1 1 3 9 To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN HENDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oin cinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazine Holders and Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the holding of magazines and pamphlets open within convenient range of the vision for perusal, without necessitatin g the employment of both hands of the reader to keep them open, and the pages to present a comparatively fiat surface for the eye to View.

As placed in the hands of the public by publishers for perusal, magazines and pamphlets are flexible and difficult to handle, and when opened tend to close in consequence of the flexibility of the leaves of which they are composed and their rigid construction at the back, so that many readers in the first place, upon opening a new magazine, lay it open upon the table and pound it down flat, thus destroying the symmetry of the magazine by breaking the stitching or other fastening along its back. Others roll one side from them, tightly holding it with one hand in order that they may by aid of the other hand obtain an unobstructed view of the opposite page, thus destroying the beauty of the bookbinders construction while it is yet new and depriving the reader of much of the pleasure incident to perusal difficulties and annoyances it is a part of the function of my invention to obviate.

My invention is also useful by the employment of a pointer which may be shifted to indicate the place where the reader left off reading, and also being removable may be utilized as a paper-cutter.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my invention; Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 an enlarged view, of the knob and neck and a portion of the wing of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My magazine holder and indicator is formed to rest upon the palm of the hand, or knees, or in the lap of the reader, or upon a table, and

is constructed to conform to the shape of an Serial No. 559,498. (No model.)

open pamphlet and rigidly hold it open and in place. It has a stiff U-shaped rack open above and at the upper end and closed at the other end at A, having upwardly and outwardly curved sides or wings K, one side curving upward and outward from the back 13, then downward and outward until horizontal to the back, then abruptly upward and inward, forming a pocket 0. The other wing curves upward and outward from the back, then downward and inward until level with the back. The upward-projecting sides from the back form a pocket D to receive the back of the magazine. A knob E, having a neck F, is rigidly attached to one wing near its edge. The novel-shaped indicator G, preferably of spring-steel, having a hole H near one end, connected with a slot I that extends longitudinally toward its point, is formed to receive the head or knob E, the hole H being slightly larger than the knob E, the edges of the slot resting against the neck F and closely fitting, and may be revolved upon the neck F from any point within the length of the slot 1-, or be removed should necessity require and used as a paper-cutter. The back of the magazine being placed within the pocket D, the leaves are opened at any desired place, the edges of the leaves to the left being thrust within the pocket 0, and the leaves to the right thrown upon the right wing K may be freely turned with the fingers, the pocket 0 always keeping them securely apart at the place of desired inspection. If interrupted while reading, the pointer may upon the instant be shifted to indicate the point where the reader left off. Should some of the leaves of the magazine prove to have escaped the cutting-machine,

the indicator may upon the instant be detached and utilized as a paper-cutter.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a magazine holder and indicator, the U -shaped back and stiff upward and outward curved sides, the U-shaped back forming a pocket in the middle adapted to receive the back of a magazine, and a pocket at the side adapted to receive the edges of a magazine.

EDWIN HENDERSON.

In presence of Pnimr KIEHBORTH, EDWARD BETTY. 

